What is the hottest month in Cookeville?

July is the warmest month in Cookeville, with an average high of 87.3°F.

What is the coldest month in Cookeville?

January is the coldest month in Cookeville, with an average low of 27.0°F.

What month does Cookeville get the most rain?

December is typically the wettest month in Cookeville, with about 6.10 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Cookeville in?

Cookeville is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 8a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Cookeville changed recently?

12.6% of Cookeville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Cookeville, TN

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from COOKEVILLE, TN US.

Cfa Humid subtropical climate 8a USDA hardiness Zone 8a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Cookeville has an annual average temperature of 57.4°F with about 60 inches of precipitation per year and 6.1 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 87.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 27.0°F). December is typically the wettest month (6.10 in) and October the driest (3.35 in). Snow typically falls from December through March.

Pleasant months

1 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

39.7°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

3,807

HDD/yr

Cooling need

1,062

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

46 of 366 (12.6%) of Cookeville's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1890s		40
1910s		16
1920s		48
1930s		61
1940s		33
1950s		2
1960s		11
1970s		17
1980s		32
1990s		17
2000s		31
2010s		39
2020s		19

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month	Avg High	Avg Low	Avg Temp	Precipitation	Snow	Rainy days
January	47.1°F	27.0°F	37.0°F	5.29 in	2.3 in	13
February	51.4°F	29.0°F	40.2°F	5.48 in	1.8 in	12
March	60.0°F	35.4°F	47.7°F	5.46 in	0.9 in	13
April	69.8°F	43.2°F	56.5°F	5.35 in	—	12
May	77.5°F	53.3°F	65.4°F	5.15 in	—	12
June	84.3°F	61.9°F	73.1°F	5.45 in	—	12
July	87.3°F	66.1°F	76.7°F	5.69 in	—	12
August	86.9°F	64.2°F	75.5°F	3.93 in	—	10
September	81.9°F	57.4°F	69.7°F	4.47 in	—	9
October	71.9°F	45.0°F	58.4°F	3.35 in	—	9
November	60.4°F	35.1°F	47.7°F	4.30 in	0.1 in	10
December	50.9°F	30.3°F	40.6°F	6.10 in	1.0 in	13